High
F.24 on Vaillant ecoTEC plus 412 VU 126/6-5 OVZ

Your boiler has detected that it is overheating very quickly because water is not flowing through the system as it should.

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Book a Gas Safe engineer within 24 to 48 hours. Your boiler may be unsafe or could break down completely if left.

What the manual says

Manufacturer manual

Safety switch-off: Temperature rise too fast. Pump blocked, insufficient pump output, air in product, system pressure too low, non-return valve blocked/incorrectly installed

From this model's manual
Verified against the Vaillant/Vaillant Ecotec Plus 610 installation & service manual, page 33.
Plain-English guidance below. Severity, DIY steps, costs and parts are our interpretation to help you act, not text from the manual.

Engineer required

This is a high severity fault. Stop using the boiler and call a Gas Safe registered engineer. Do not attempt gas-related repairs yourself.

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All 72 fault codes on the ecoTEC plus 412 VU 126/6-5 OVZ

Seeing a different code? Every code this model can display, in one place.

Connectiond.02d.10d.11F.00F.01F.10F.11F.13F.20F.23F.25F.27F.28F.29F.32F.49F.61F.62F.63F.64F.65F.67F.68F.70F.71F.72F.77F.78F.83F.84F.85F.86F.87F.88F.91P.01S.0S.01S.02S.03S.04S.05S.06S.07S.08S.20S.21S.22S.23S.24S.25S.26S.27S.28S.30S.31S.32S.34S.39S.42S.46S.53S.54S.88S.91S.96S.98S.99S.108S.109

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